DUI suspect calls 911 after being pulled over

Demetrius Ford didn't believe officer

UPDATED 5:00 PM EDT Mar 21, 2013

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -

A man who was stopped by police for driving erratically picked up his phone and called 911 because he was being stopped, officials said.

Police said 22-year-old Demetrius Ford was drunk behind the wheel, but investigators said when Ford was pulled over, he refused to believe it was an officer and called 911 before getting out of the vehicle.

The officer was in full uniform and in a marked patrol car when Ford was stopped.

"Yeah, that is really is an officer," said the 911 operator.

"OK, OK, so he's really an officer? Would you mind asking him why he pulled me over?" said Ford.

When the operator told Ford to take it up with the officer, he then took on the 911 operator in an expletive-laden exchange.

"You can't be calling 911 for this," said the 911 operator.

"Well I'm saying I'm serious. If I can't call 911, then who the (expletive) else can I call?" said Ford.